| JHS mentioned mimeograph machines. I can still see those blue sheets and remember the smell of freshly mimeographed handouts. Xerox copies were too expensive.
How about cars before power steering? My first car was a '65 Chevy and making a simple 90-degree turn took about 20 laborious turns of the steering wheel. It also had only 3 forward gears and a clutch that took the strength of 5 men to push down. |